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Venue	Stade de France (track and field events) Pont d'Iéna (race walk) Hôtel de Ville and Les Invalides (Marathon)
Dates	1–11 August 2024
No. of events	48 (23 men, 23 women, 2 mixed)
Competitors	1,810
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Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are scheduled to run on 1 to 11 August 2024, featuring a total of 48 medal events across three distinct sets: track and field, road running, and racewalking. Four venues are to be used: Pont d'Iéna for race walking, Hôtel de Ville and Les Invalides for the start and end points of the marathon races, and Stade de France for the track and field events.

The competition will feature an identical number of medal events for men and women, the first instance in Olympic history. The marathon race walk mixed relay through a marathon course will be contested for the first time at these Games, replacing the men's 50 kilometres race walk in the quest for gender equality.

Another significant change to the athletics program is the repechage round format in all individual track events from 200 to 1500 m and the hurdles events (110 m for men, 100 m for women, and 400 m for both), a vast opportunity for the runners to have a second chance of entering the semifinal phase. This format will replace the former system of athletes advancing through the fastest overall times (q) apart from those qualifying directly in the first-round heats (Q).

Venues
Schedule
Qualification
Medal summary
See also

Venues

Stade de France

Track and field events will be staged at the Stade de France, with the race walks contested at Pont d'Iena. The marathon races begin at the Hôtel de Ville (city hall) and will end in Les Invalides, witnessing the runners traverse many of the city's most iconic sites and Olympic venues throughout the route.

This traditional marathon course also sets a particularly tough profile with an overall elevation gain or loss of 438 m. The route, specially designed for the Paris 2024 Games and approved by World Athletics, is unique, demanding, and technical. Paris 2024 unveils the routes for the Olympic marathon and the two races – a 42.195 km course and a 10 km course – open to the general public as part of the mass event running.

Schedule

Road events (marathons and racewalks) will hold the races in the morning session of the athletics program schedule, with all track, field, and combined events staging their finals in the evening session for the first time since London 2012.

In its four-decade-long Olympic history since the 1984 Los Angeles Games, the women's marathon will occur on the last day of the athletics program for the first time, with the men's race scheduled a day before. According to Tony Estanguet, a triple Olympic slalom canoeing champion and president of the Paris 2024 organising committee, "We wanted to reverse the order in an ambition to more gender equality and bring women to the fore for the first time so the women's marathon will enjoy major visibility on 11 August to cap off the athletics program."

Legend
P	Preliminary round	Q	Qualification	H	Heats	R	Repechage	½	Semifinals	F	Final

Schedule
Men's
Date	1 Aug		2 Aug		3 Aug			4 Aug			5 Aug		6 Aug		7 Aug		8 Aug		9 Aug		10 Aug
Event	M	E	M	E	M		E	M	E		M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
100 m					P	H			½	F
200 m												H	R			½		F
400 m									H		R			½		F
800 m															H		R		½			F
1500 m			H				R		½					F
5000 m															H							F
10,000 m				F
110 m hurdles								H					R			½		F
400 m hurdles											H		R			½				F
3000 m steeplechase												H				F
4 × 100 m relay																	H			F
4 × 400 m relay																			H			F
Marathon																					F
20 km walk	F
High jump															Q							F
Pole vault							Q					F
Long jump								Q						F
Triple jump																Q				F
Shot put				Q			F
Discus throw											Q					F
Hammer throw			Q						F
Javelin throw													Q					F
Decathlon			F
Women's
Date	1 Aug		2 Aug			3 Aug			4 Aug		5 Aug		6 Aug		7 Aug		8 Aug		9 Aug		10 Aug		11 Aug
Event	M	E	M		E	M	E		M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M
100 m			P	H			½	F
200 m									H		R	½		F
400 m											H		R			½				F
800 m					H	R				½		F
1500 m													H		R			½				F
5000 m					H							F
10,000 m																				F
100 m hurdles															H		R		½			F
400 m hurdles									H		R			½				F
3000 m steeplechase									H					F
4 × 100 m relay																	H			F
4 × 400 m relay																			H			F
Marathon																							F
20 km walk	F
High jump			Q							F
Pole vault											Q					F
Long jump													Q					F
Triple jump					Q		F
Shot put																	Q			F
Discus throw					Q							F
Hammer throw									Q					F
Javelin throw															Q							F
Heptathlon																	F
Mixed
Date			2 Aug			3 Aug									7 Aug
Event			M		E	M	E								M	E
4 × 400 m relay					H		F
Mixed marathon walk relay															F

Qualification

Athletics – individual events

At the end of the 2022 season, World Athletics established a qualification system for athletics competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Similar to the previous edition, the qualification system is set on a dual pathway, where the initial half of the total quota (about fifty percent) will likely be distributed to the athletes through entry standards approved by the World Athletics council, with the remainder relying on the world ranking list within the qualifying period. Each country can enter a maximum of three athletes for each individual event on the Paris 2024 athletics program. The qualification period for all track and field events (except the 10,000 metres, heptathlon, and decathlon) runs from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

Athletics – relay teams

Each relay event features sixteen teams from their respective NOCs, composed of the following:

14: top fourteen teams based on their results achieved at the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas
2: top two teams outside the key qualifier according to the World Athletics performance list for relays within the qualification period (31 December 2022 to 30 June 2024)

Athletics – marathon race walking mixed teams

The marathon race walking mixed relay event, covering a distance of marathon (42.195 km), features twenty-five pairs from their respective NOCs, composed of the following:

22: top twenty-two teams based on their results achieved at the 2024 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships
3: top three teams outside the key qualifier through the World Athletics Race Walk rankings based on the aggregate scores of both a male and a female athlete within the qualification period (31 December 2022 to 30 June 2024)

Athletics – 10,000 metres, road, and combined events

The qualification period for the marathon runs from 1 November 2022 to 30 April 2024 and for the 10,000 metres, combined events (men's decathlon and women's heptathlon) and racewalking from 31 December 2022 to 30 June 2024.

In the marathon races, any runner ranked higher than the sixty-fifth-place athlete on the filtered Quota Place "Road to Paris" list on 30 January 2024, will be deemed eligible for immediate selection to his or her respective national team at the Games. Beyond the deadline, the remaining twenty percent of the total quota will be determined by the same dual pathway qualification criteria outlined above without displacing any qualified athletes on the set date.

Medal summary

Medal table

* Host nation (France)

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	14	11	9	34
2	Kenya	4	2	5	11
3	Canada	3	1	1	5
4	Netherlands	2	1	3	6
5	Spain	2	1	1	4
6	Norway	2	1	0	3
7	Great Britain	1	4	5	10
8	Jamaica	1	3	2	6
9	Ethiopia	1	3	0	4
10	Australia	1	2	4	7
11	Germany	1	2	1	4
12	China	1	1	2	4
13	Belgium	1	1	1	3
14	Bahrain	1	1	0	2
	Botswana	1	1	0	2
	Ecuador	1	1	0	2
	New Zealand	1	1	0	2
	Saint Lucia	1	1	0	2
	Uganda	1	1	0	2
20	Ukraine	1	0	2	3
21	Greece	1	0	1	2
22	Dominica	1	0	0	1
	Dominican Republic	1	0	0	1
	Japan	1	0	0	1
	Morocco	1	0	0	1
	Pakistan	1	0	0	1
	Sweden	1	0	0	1
28	South Africa	0	2	0	2
29	Italy	0	1	2	3
30	Brazil	0	1	1	2
31	France*	0	1	0	1
	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	India	0	1	0	1
	Lithuania	0	1	0	1
	Portugal	0	1	0	1
36	Grenada	0	0	2	2
37	Algeria	0	0	1	1
	Croatia	0	0	1	1
	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
	Qatar	0	0	1	1
	Zambia	0	0	1	1
Totals (43 entries)		48	48	49	145

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Noah Lyles United States	9.79 (.784) PB	Kishane Thompson Jamaica	9.79 (.789)	Fred Kerley United States	9.81 SB
200 metres details	Letsile Tebogo Botswana	19.46 AR	Kenny Bednarek United States	19.62	Noah Lyles United States	19.70
400 metres details	Quincy Hall United States	43.40 PB	Matthew Hudson-Smith Great Britain	43.44 AR	Muzala Samukonga Zambia	43.74 NR
800 metres details	Emmanuel Wanyonyi Kenya	1:41.19 PB	Marco Arop Canada	1:41.20 AR	Djamel Sedjati Algeria	1:41.50
1500 metres details	Cole Hocker United States	3:27.65 OR, AR	Josh Kerr Great Britain	3:27.79 NR	Yared Nuguse United States	3:27.80 PB
5000 metres details	Jakob Ingebrigtsen Norway	13:13.66 SB	Ronald Kwemoi Kenya	13:15.04	Grant Fisher United States	13:15.13
10,000 metres details	Joshua Cheptegei Uganda	26:43.14 OR	Berihu Aregawi Ethiopia	26:43.44	Grant Fisher United States	26:43.46 SB

110 metres hurdles details	Grant Holloway United States	12.99	Daniel Roberts United States	13.09 (.085)	Rasheed Broadbell Jamaica	13.09 (.088) SB
400 metres hurdles details	Rai Benjamin United States	46.46 =SB	Karsten Warholm Norway	47.06	Alison dos Santos Brazil	47.26
3000 metres steeplechase details	Soufiane El Bakkali Morocco	8:06.05 SB	Kenneth Rooks United States	8:06.41 PB	Abraham Kibiwot Kenya	8:06.47 SB

4 × 100 metres relay details	Canada Aaron Brown Jerome Blake Brendon Rodney Andre De Grasse	37.50 SB	South Africa Bayanda Walaza Shaun Maswanganyi Bradley Nkoana Akani Simbine	37.57 AR	Great Britain Jeremiah Azu Louie Hinchliffe Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake Zharnel Hughes Richard Kilty	37.61 SB
4 × 400 metres relay details	United States Christopher Bailey Vernon Norwood Bryce Deadmon Rai Benjamin Quincy Wilson	2:54.43 OR	Botswana Bayapo Ndori Busang Collen Kebinatshipi Anthony Pesela Letsile Tebogo	2:54.53 AR	Great Britain Alex Haydock-Wilson Matthew Hudson-Smith Lewis Davey Charlie Dobson Samuel Reardon Toby Harries	2:55.83 AR

Marathon details	Tamirat Tola Ethiopia	2:06:26 OR	Bashir Abdi Belgium	2:06:47	Benson Kipruto Kenya	2:07:00
20 kilometres walk details	Brian Pintado Ecuador	1:18:55	Caio Bonfim Brazil	1:19:09	Álvaro Martín Spain	1:19:11

High jump details	Hamish Kerr New Zealand	2.36 m =AR	Shelby McEwen United States	2.36 m PB	Mutaz Barsham Qatar	2.34 m SB
Pole vault details	Armand Duplantis Sweden	6.25 m WR	Sam Kendricks United States	5.95 m =SB	Emmanouil Karalis Greece	5.90 m
Long jump details	Miltiadis Tentoglou Greece	8.48 m	Wayne Pinnock Jamaica	8.36 m	Mattia Furlani Italy	8.34 m
Triple jump details	Jordan Díaz Spain	17.86 m	Pedro Pichardo Portugal	17.84 m	Andy Díaz Italy	17.64 m SB
Shot put details	Ryan Crouser United States	22.90 m SB	Joe Kovacs United States	22.15 m	Rajindra Campbell Jamaica	22.15 m
Discus throw details	Rojé Stona Jamaica	70.00 m OR/PB	Mykolas Alekna Lithuania	69.97 m	Matthew Denny Australia	69.31 m
Hammer throw details	Ethan Katzberg Canada	84.12 m	Bence Halász Hungary	79.97 m	Mykhaylo Kokhan Ukraine	79.39 m
Javelin throw details	Arshad Nadeem Pakistan	92.97 m OR	Neeraj Chopra India	89.45 m SB	Anderson Peters Grenada	88.54 m

Decathlon details	Markus Rooth Norway	8796 pts NR	Leo Neugebauer Germany	8748 pts	Lindon Victor Grenada	8711 pts SB

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Julien Alfred Saint Lucia	10.72 NR	Sha'Carri Richardson United States	10.87	Melissa Jefferson United States	10.92
200 metres details	Gabrielle Thomas United States	21.83	Julien Alfred Saint Lucia	22.08	Brittany Brown United States	22.20
400 metres details	Marileidy Paulino Dominican Republic	48.17 OR, AR	Salwa Eid Naser Bahrain	48.53 SB	Natalia Kaczmarek Poland	48.98
800 metres details	Keely Hodgkinson Great Britain	1:56.72	Tsige Duguma Ethiopia	1:57.15 PB	Mary Moraa Kenya	1:57.42
1500 metres details	Faith Kipyegon Kenya	3:51.29 OR	Jessica Hull Australia	3:52.56	Georgia Bell Great Britain	3:52.61 NR
5000 metres details	Beatrice Chebet Kenya	14:28.56	Faith Kipyegon Kenya	14:29.60 SB	Sifan Hassan Netherlands	14:30.61 SB
10,000 metres details	Beatrice Chebet Kenya	30:43.25	Nadia Battocletti Italy	30:43.35 NR	Sifan Hassan Netherlands	30:44.12 SB

100 metres hurdles details	Masai Russell United States	12.33	Cyréna Samba-Mayela France	12.34	Jasmine Camacho-Quinn Puerto Rico	12.36
400 metres hurdles details	Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone United States	50.37 WR	Anna Cockrell United States	51.87 PB	Femke Bol Netherlands	52.15
3000 metres steeplechase details	Winfred Yavi Bahrain	8:52.76 OR	Peruth Chemutai Uganda	8:53.34 NR	Faith Cherotich Kenya	8:55.15 PB

4 × 100 metres relay details	United States Melissa Jefferson Twanisha Terry Gabrielle Thomas Sha'Carri Richardson	41.78 SB	Great Britain Dina Asher-Smith Imani-Lara Lansiquot Amy Hunt Daryll Neita Bianca Williams Desirèe Henry	41.85	Germany Alexandra Burghardt Lisa Mayer Gina Lückenkemper Rebekka Haase Sophia Junk	41.97 SB
4 × 400 metres relay details	United States Shamier Little Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone Gabrielle Thomas Alexis Holmes Quanera Hayes Aaliyah Butler Kaylyn Brown	3:15.27 AR	Netherlands Lieke Klaver Cathelijn Peeters Lisanne de Witte Femke Bol Eveline Saalberg Myrte van der Schoot	3:19.50 NR	Great Britain Victoria Ohuruogu Laviai Nielsen Nicole Yeargin Amber Anning Yemi Mary John Hannah Kelly Jodie Williams Lina Nielsen	3:19.72 NR

Marathon details	Sifan Hassan Netherlands	2:22:55 OR	Tigst Assefa Ethiopia	2:22:58	Hellen Obiri Kenya	2:23:10 PB
20 kilometres walk details	Yang Jiayu China	1:25:54	María Pérez Spain	1:26:19	Jemima Montag Australia	1:26:25 AR

High jump details	Yaroslava Mahuchikh Ukraine	2.00 m	Nicola Olyslagers Australia	2.00 m	Eleanor Patterson Australia	1.95 m =SB
High jump details	Yaroslava Mahuchikh Ukraine	2.00 m	Nicola Olyslagers Australia	2.00 m	Iryna Herashchenko Ukraine	1.95 m =SB
Pole vault details	Nina Kennedy Australia	4.90 m SB	Katie Moon United States	4.85 m =SB	Alysha Newman Canada	4.85 m NR
Long jump details	Tara Davis-Woodhall United States	7.10 m	Malaika Mihambo Germany	6.98 m	Jasmine Moore United States	6.96 m
Triple jump details	Thea LaFond Dominica	15.02 m NR	Shanieka Ricketts Jamaica	14.87 m SB	Jasmine Moore United States	14.67 m SB
Shot put details	Yemisi Ogunleye Germany	20.00 m	Maddi Wesche New Zealand	19.86 m PB	Song Jiayuan China	19.32 m
Discus throw details	Valarie Allman United States	69.50 m	Feng Bin China	67.51 m	Sandra Elkasević Croatia	67.51 m SB
Hammer throw details	Camryn Rogers Canada	76.97 m	Annette Echikunwoke United States	75.48 m SB	Zhao Jie China	74.27 m
Javelin throw details	Haruka Kitaguchi Japan	65.80 m SB	Jo-Ane van Dyk South Africa	63.93 m	Nikola Ogrodníková Czech Republic	63.68 m SB

Heptathlon details	Nafissatou Thiam Belgium	6880 pts	Katarina Johnson-Thompson Great Britain	6844 pts	Noor Vidts Belgium	6707 pts

Mixed events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 × 400 metres relay details	Netherlands Eugene Omalla Lieke Klaver Isaya Klein Ikkink Femke Bol Cathelijn Peeters	3:07.43 AR	United States Vernon Norwood Shamier Little Bryce Deadmon Kaylyn Brown	3:07.74	Great Britain Samuel Reardon Laviai Nielsen Alex Haydock-Wilson Amber Anning Nicole Yeargin	3:08.01 NR
Marathon walk relay details	Spain Álvaro Martín María Pérez	2:50:31	Ecuador Brian Pintado Glenda Morejón	2:51:22	Australia Rhydian Cowley Jemima Montag	2:51:38